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The Food Chain: The man taking on fast food

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The man taking on fast food

22/04/2021 GMT

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Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food, on the movement's relevance in a post-pandemic world

Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food, on the movement's relevance in a post-pandemic world.

Carlo Petrini is leading a food revolution - one that fights to protect local, traditional ingredients and farming methods in the face of a standardised, industrialised food system. 

From a protest against a McDonald's in the heart of Rome, to a network of more than 100,000 members in 160 countries, his Slow Food movement strives for a world where producers are fairly treated and the planet is better protected.

Carlo tells Emily Thomas the story of his life and activism and why he believes that a post-pandemic world offers a profound opportunity for economic, environmental and social change - should we choose to take it.

Producer: Simon Tulett

If you would like to get in touch with the show please email thefoodchain@bbc.co.uk

(Picture: Carlo Petrini. Credit: James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images/BBC)

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